Re: Re: Windows home server

[Chris Hunter <cjhunter@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

He never listens ... 'too busy trying to do things on his own set-
up ... maybe that's the explanation ?

Chris



On 19 May 2007, at 15:06, Martin Howell wrote:

> Thanks to all that replied.  The drive is IDE, 250Gb: it
> looks as if the install will only run direct from the dvd
> drive, and apparently WHS won't install if there is more
> than one drive (which it formats as part of the install):
> memory is 512Mb, which is the rec minimum for WHS: resetting
> the BIOS defaults doesn't make any difference.
>
> I've switched the drive to another machine (same spec) and
> get the same error. Kinda run out of ideas at this point,
> very tempted to bin the whole idea
>
> The install reminds me of my many attempts with linux, which
> required me to stand on one leg facing east and chant in
> urdu before it would work - I know this is a beta release,
> but some more meaningful error messages would be a big help.
>   Are you listening, Bill?
>
> Martin
>
> lexfordparc wrote:
>> Worked fine for me and I was doing it through a Virtual PC
>> configuration. Is the HDD SATA? Does it need a mass-storage
>> driver? How
>> about copying source files to HDD and disconnecting the CD/DVD?
How
>> much memory? Is it in pairs? Have you reduced to 1 GB? How about
>> reseting BIOS to factory defaults?
>>
>> Paul
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